ctC230K

how do u guys do all that? so you're saying i can adjust the volume and i can also bring back the panic button? can the dealer do this?

Saprissa

hmmm.... got me thinking...
will talk to Doug, and see if he wants to do a Coupé caravan up to the BAY !

4 hours ??? is that at 130 mph ?
I've got an AMG A La Mode, not an AMG !

scorchie

OK, 5 hours at normal speeds...

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CitronC230K_03

hey, id be willing to do it! we can drive up to the bay. let me know if you wanna carlos. its not dropping the headliner to cut, it routing the wire to the main lighting console area. it has to go around the pano roof. plus the bracket that holds the IMS mounts on the opposite side of the headliner. if you are willing to drive up as well, im game!

Jim Banville

Can someone PLEASE tell me EXACTLY how the dealer turns on the alarm beep without de-activating the panic button on the '05 cars?! I want my dealer to do it, but they'll probably just give me a dumb look

C240-Merc

My real player cannot open the link. Help me out.

ctC230K

don't use real player.
windows media player works just fine.

gaiex

IMS installation cool...
I just can't wait for the how to do it Thread :-D

(dammm I don't have smiles available on my proxy, dammm russian companys)

Working on Russia, its cold here... and I miss my coupe and the sun of PORTUGAL (when not raining)!!! :-D

ctC230K

hey man did u ever get a GTECH?

curtis_tom

ctC230k, how do u keep ur car soo clean? lol. can this chirp be activated on my 2003 C320 sedan? that would be awesome! unfortunately my car doesn't have an alarm, so if i close the panic button, i don't care.

anyone have an ML they tried this on?

scorchie

OK, we're all willing to drive up! Yay!

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ctC230K

I wash it atleast once a week, and last week I waxed it twice. I clean the glass with a window cleaner and wipe down the interior with it too, does a great job. Every couple weeks I vaccum out the carpet and shake the dirt out.

CitronC230K_03

so when is good. i guess i should talk to carlos and see works for him.

scorchie

Yeah, see what you guys come up with. I will get out the special "sharp" knives so a clean cut can be made in the headliner. I have to hide those knives when SteveNL is around.

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Saprissa

Dean, will you be coming down to HB in May/June during Steve's next round of installs ??

cause, that will probably be the only time I have to drive up to the BAY anyway, but if you are down here, then I only have to drive 2 hours to Orange County !

Carlos

Saprissa@aol.com

newMBz

ctC230K, you are such a great guy. Thanks for the video with sound wmv file you made. It looks and sounds good. Thanks again.

scorchie

Well, we will be down there again as usual... but as you've seen, the schedule is so packed that a lot of things get left behind, and I think the project for you two is going to take a while and shouldn't be rushed so that a good job is done!

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CitronC230K_03

well dean, im willing to drive up to have it done. im just sooo nervous about dropping my headliner, and thats why i havent installed it yet. i wanna get this done, but without a professional or someone who has atleast some exerience popping parts off, i just dont feel right. im willing to drive up, hopefully carlos can.

Chedeng_05

how much does the dealer charge for this?

Saprissa

good question !!
Doug, do you know ?

I figure labor rates are $80-$90 an hour, and they'll probably take just 4 hours in figuring out what they need to do before they even touch the headliner.

the cost of gas driving up to SF, meals and an overnight stay might add to be about the same.
Only exception: Dean DOES know what he's doing !!

any other peeps in California want to drive up and make this a "let's meet Scorchie Caravan" ???

Carlos

Saprissa@aol.com

CitronC230K_03

yes, plus there is no explaining to Dean like we will have to do to the dealer. we will have to find the right tech, who is willing to do it and knows what he is doing. labor @ my dealer is $100 an hr. when my tech was explaining to me how to drop the headliner they said it was a 7hr job. but that was when they were replacing a pano and i dont know if that was the labor time for the headliner or replacing the pano. i would assume the latter of the two.

i definately feel more comfortable having dean do the install rather than some tech who has never even seen an IMS let alone installed one.

ctC230K

lol you're welcome.

Saprissa

OK,
now the question is WHEN ?
I can take off Monday April 18. So we can start heading up on Sunday 17th.
Might be easier if I meet up with you at your place night of Sat 16th ???
Let me know what works best ?

Got the Dyno/BBQ MB meet in Huntington Beach on the 23rd.

Dean, are these dates ok: 17-18 April ???

Carlos

Saprissa@aol.com

tyro

Really?? I wonder why they would do that?!!!

CitronC230K_03

carlos, i cant take monday the 18th off. i missed school on the 11th since i was in vagas for my b-day. i can take a friday off for sure, but hard to take a monday off because i have a bio class followed by a bio lab every monday morning and math in teh afternoon.